The minute the team got off the phone with Reid and the UnSub, they got into their cars and drove. Drove with the sirens blaring, allowing them to get through the traffic without trouble. Hotchner thought of Reid and the pain the younger agent has endured. He shuddered at the thoughts. He knew Reid was strong but he had no idea how he was going to be able to cope with this. Sure, he has survived being kidnapped and drugged before, but that was when Gideon was still around.

"Morgan, when are we going to get there?" Aaron asked from the passenger side of the car. He didn't trust his emotions so he let Morgan drive. Derek pulled the car to a roaring stop. Aaron flung himself from the car and ran to where Reid was on the ground. The boy's left leg was bent in an unnatural position as was his right arm. He had multiple visible brusies and cuts that littered his visible skin. Aaron crumbled to his knees at the sight of his youngest agent and boyfriend. He frantically searched for a pulse. He found one. A faint one.

"I NEED A MEDIC!" he screamed. He couldn't lose Reid. "Spence you can't go! Jack loves you! I love you. I need you in my life." He thought as the medics pushed their way through the team. Rossi pulled Aaron to his feet and held the Unit Chief steady. Hotchner wouldn't and could allow his emotions to break his unbreakable work façade. Inside, his emotions were running chaos through his body.

The medics strapped Ried to a stretcher and were loading him into the ambulance. Hotchner left Rossi and flashed his badge.

"He's my responsibility. I have to go with him." They nodded and Aaron climbed into the back with Reid.

Morgan kicked the tire of the SUV as he heard the sirens fade. Once the sirens were out of earshot, thunder broke the almost unbreakable silence, lightning lit up the gloomy sky and the sky opened up and let the rain pour down onto Quantico. The team stood in the rain, staring at the spot where they found their genius.

He was broken, they had failed him. Emily felt the worst out of everyone. It was her "death" that has caused this all to happen. If she didn't "die" Reid wouldn't have stormed from the BAU, wouldn't have been kidnapped and he wouldn't have been broken.

JJ felt pretty lousy. If she didn't lie to Spence, he would never have been so hurt. Derek thought he failed his brother. Reid was always there for him when the going got tough, and now Morgan has failed the youngest agent twice. First when Hankel took him and now when this new deranged son of a bitch took him. When Morgan got his hands on the man who did this, he would kill him.


The medics pulled Reid from the ambulance and started right away on getting the proper fluids attached to him. They told Hotch to stay in the waiting room, Aaron was sick of waiting, but he knew the doctors had a job to do and he would let them do that. The one thing that he told the doctors was that they were not to give Spencer any narcotics under any circumstances. He finally sat down and waited. The team came in, dripping in rain water, demanding answers. The nurses could not give them any. They all sat down defeated as Garcia came into the room. She looked at each member of the team separately with a look of horror in her eyes.

"I-I got a n-name for the picture which l-led me to the name of the u-UnSub." She said quietly. Everyone's heads snapped up and they all looked into her eyes.

"Who." Morgan said with a demanding tone that he didn't want to be there.

Her voice became really quiet as she started to speak. "J-jason Gideon. And the picture is Sarah when she was younger." Her voice, barely audible by the time she was done speaking, faded out. Hothcner's eyes went from brown to almost black. He was pissed, and everyone knew it. Garcia spoke up again. " I already got a SWAT team heading to his address, an APB out on his car, and roadblocks set up." Her phone went off. She glanced at the screen and nodded to herself. "The PD just saw his car. IT was headed toward the road block closest to the BAU. They want one of you there when they get him." Morgan stood up and left without saying a word. Each one of them knew what was meant by his actions.


The team waited around for what seem like forever. When the doctor came out, he seemed pleased.

"Family for Spencer Reid?" The entire team stood up and the man nodded. "I'm Dr. Nick Crayne. I was responsabily for the surgery Dr. Reid went through. I'm glad to say that it was a success. His left leg was badly broken as was his right arm. He suffered from massive blood loss and his recieveing transfusions as we speak. The bruises and cuts will heal with time. We believe he suffered from a concussion because he lapsed into a coma shortly after whenthe anesthesia should have worn off. Don't worry, its completely normal with trauma victims. They usually last three to seven days. You can all go see him now, but after that only one of you is allowed to stay the night. Preferably the person listed as his emergency contact if he or she is here. We'll talk more tomorrow after you are all well rested." With that being said Dr. Crayne left and the team hurried to the room with Hotchner trailing behind them. They were all unprepared for the sight they would see when they entered of the youngest agent of the FBI.


not really proud of this chapter. it hd to be written though. i wrote it in like 2 hours during a field trip today. so yeah not my favorite thing

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Inventio Veritatem: Finding Out the Truth